Survey on housing launched to students
Slurp: Students for Action on Homelessness has launched a survey to students. The survey aims to collect information regarding student housing insecurity in order to better understand the extent of…
Myra’s Story — Review
Venue: Spiegeltent Palais Du Variete, Assembly Festival, George Sq. Gardens Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ When was the last time you looked someone on the street in the eyes? The play opens in…
No place like home? The hidden LGBTQ+ housing struggle
Finding a place to live in Edinburgh is hard. Acquiring a safe and secure living space is akin to running a race in a housing market so competitive and brutal.…
Stay at home: forsaking the homeless
Last spring, when the first national lockdown was announced, the ‘Everyone In’ initiative was enacted. This was hailed as one of the government’s few successes in relation to the covid-19…
Pollock freshers fill shoeboxes with essentials for the homeless
As the winter draws in, the weather gets colder and wearing a trench coat becomes less of a statement and more of a necessity one can only imagine the hardships…
Homelessness in the LGBT community: are councils doing enough?
Councils in England have been turning away LGBT people who are homeless, asking them to show proof of their living situation. The Albert Kennedy Trust, an LGBT youth homeless charity,…
Bank accounts for the homeless: an effective solution or covering up a bigger issue?
HSBC have started offering bank accounts to homeless people, in order to help them get back onto their feet. The ‘No Fixed Address’ scheme allows those without an address to…
Students must act if we wish to irradicate homelessness
Every 18 minutes, a household is made homeless in Scotland. With more people sleeping on Edinburgh’s streets than anywhere else in the country, we must, as students of Edinburgh, crusade…